10-9 Trip Report

[ubear]

my wife and i stayed at liley's landing and foshed taneycomo thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, monday and came home this AM.....

we fished from the dock a few times as it was cold some mornings. berkley power eggs were the rule here. there was no generation .... the only issue was the leaves and debris that would catch up on the lines. we had periods of catching only a couple per hour to one every few minutes. we caught some small sized trout up to about 12 inches long.

we fished out of the boat much of the time .......

trohy area ----- we motored to near the tree over the water and used trolling motor to go past this...... jigs and rapalas. threee guide boats came by and they were using jigs and floats. all reported to doing poorly. the trout following the lures to the boat drove us crazy. we left as we were hit with a sleet shower.....

we fished the remainder of the time from fall creek to roark creek. we drifted power baits and with worms..... just had to let the wind push us up or down the lake. again smaller trout was the rule. we lost count of the number that we caught.

we fished jigs and rapalas along the bluff accross from liley's and in front of the landing. here we caugth larger trout.

on Monday we stopped by Scotties for a snack. he suggesterd to go just past the bridges at Branson. when we arrived, there were boats on boats. there must be a fresh stocking????? small trout but they could be caught cast after cast.

we even trolled with cowbells and night crawlers. many trout again with one at 16 inches or so.

saw marmits, eagles, ferrets, and many wood ducks. took a lot of photos.

ran into good people ...... our bat would not start .... dead battery and we had to wait no more than 5 minutes for a good boater to jump start us ...... 5 year old battery and it gave it up?????

then curtis at liley's loaned us a battery to keep fishing.

we celebrated our 39th wedding anniversary and she still likes to fish - wow what a great wife.

food - went to

whipper snapper and ate lobsters - all you can eat ..... it was very good. much improved from years ago and they have moved.

american cafe with giant rooster out front..... fanytastic salad and soup bar.

sadie's sideboard - fair - lunch - we were first in for lunch and they served the left over - partial eaten foods from the day before.

wendy's chili - good when you are cold.

breakfast buffet ata forgotten named place .... good

dana's parking lot was always full so we did not make it here.

the wife shopped at the fabric store by the imax theater ...... she left $200 behind --- but she was happy!

Petals flowers delivered a beatiful flower arrangement just as ordered for the wife

on the way home - we stopped at the throwed roll ....... we had eaten there many time before .... good enough to return. today it sucked!!!!!! the grease in the chicken gizzards --- i squeezed out the oil on papaer towels. in front of the waitress i poured pout about 2 to 3 teaspoons of oil. her only response was to ask if i wanted more water???? att eh register, the wife asked for a manger who gave my meal free.

we had a great time.

just had to brag.

there we grilled fish and burgers.....

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Great first post! I like your style... everything all in one and in a nutshell.

Funny you mentioned the wife dropping some $'s... and sorry to hear about Lamberts being a turd.

(but at least they owned up to it)

It's a shame too that Sadie's was a so-so experience, and that Danna's was too busy to stop at. Try that garbage burger.. too good for words - http://www.dannasbbq.com/menu

When you coming down again ?

[ubear]

the wife wants to go to branson at Christmas. so we may have to retrun in mid december?

it may not be any colder than it was during the weekend?

[Phil Lilley]

Great trip report. Love it.

[Gatorjet]

Welcome to OAF. Great first post, and review. Right down to the eats, and shopping.

A little "food" for thought before your next trip to Whippersnappers from this 1branson.com post..http://www.1branson.com/forum/t68942.html

Where I find it quite humerus, others may find it horrorfing. Scroll down to the second inspection report. Dated July 12, 2012. http://www.taneycohealth.org/showinspections.php?q=17862

[ubear]

i am sure that i have eaten worse.... vienna sausages eaten with crackers while catfishing - using stink bait. no fork - just a stick or fingers.

or a eating sardines while running a trap line and smelling the coyote lure.

the buffet was not prime food - but when we were there, it was good. the really bad crap for me was teh food at the throwed roll. it was gross.